Jan. 3, 2014

Robert Rand

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The window where Judge Robert Rand's clerk would sit to assist the public is shuttered, six months after Rand went on paid administrative leave from his $123,000-a-year job with no explanation. / Trevor Hughes/The Coloradoan

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Six months after he mysteriously disappeared from the bench, Larimer County Judge Robert Rand continues to draw his $123,000 annual salary.

State judicial officials have repeatedly refused to discuss why Rand went on paid administrative leave. They wonít say whether it was his choice or involuntary, or explain the circumstances that led to his absence.

Rand hasnít been on the job since July 3. He has ignored multiple efforts to contact him, both directly and through intermediaries. He earns the equivalent of about $490 per workday, despite not working.

Until the end of May, Rand was assigned a courtroom at the Loveland courthouse. He was then transferred to the Larimer County Justice Center in Fort Collins and put on leave.

Rand has not been charged with any crime, and the stateís attorney conduct regulation and judicial conduct offices have declined to say whether Rand is under investigation by their offices.

Randís absence is a source of routine speculation in the Larimer County Justice Center, but attorneys refuse to speak publicly about the situation.

Rand, a former defense attorney, was appointed to the bench in 2009. He practiced law in Florida before establishing his practice in Fort Collins in 2002.